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Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney connected the fringes of the G7 Summit successful Evian successful France. Discussions covered trade, economy, energy, exertion and people-to-people ties, arsenic per Mr. Modi. Prior to the meeting, Mr. Modi said helium hoped to judge Mr. Carney’s invitation to sojourn Canada earlier the twelvemonth ends, and to implicit an India-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) earlier then.
“In little than a year, it is our 4th meeting, indicating our committedness to beardown India-Canada ties. We reviewed the afloat scope of relations betwixt our nations, notably the crushed covered since we past met,“ Mr. Modi said connected X after the bilateral talks. The different 3 meetings betwixt the 2 men occurred successful June past twelvemonth astatine the G7 Summit successful Kananaskis, Canada and past the G20 Summit successful November successful Johannesburg.
While India-Canada discussions connected nationalist information and overseas interference successful Canada person continued nether Mr. Carney, his sojourn to India successful aboriginal 2026 completed a reset of ties betwixt Ottawa and New Delhi that began erstwhile Mr. Carney took implicit from erstwhile Canadian premier Justin Trudeau.
“We person been openly exchanging views connected bilateral relations and planetary developments, and we are making important advancement arsenic affable countries,” Mr. Modi told Mr Carney connected Tuesday, stressing the tendency of India to beforehand technologically. Canada could beryllium a large spouse successful vigor security, Mr. Modi said. Canada is 1 of the apical vigor exporters successful the satellite — shipping oil, earthy gas, petroleum products and uranium abroad. New Delhi and Ottawa decided to advancement their Security Energy Partnership successful March this year, nether which Canada’s Cameco and the Department of Atomic Energy successful India signed a CAD $2.6 cardinal commercialized statement for the agelong word proviso (2027-2035) of uranium.
In 2024, India had been accused by Canadian authorities of orchestrating acts of unit and extortion successful Canada, with Mr. Trudeau alleging that Indian agents were down the sidesplitting of a pro-Khalistan individual, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, successful British Columbia successful 3 years prior. New Delhi had accused the Canadian authorities of being brushed connected anti-India extremism including not adequately protecting its diplomatic unit and assets.
The 2 countries person been negotiating a escaped commercialized agreement, with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal visiting Canada past period with a delegation of implicit 100 manufacture representatives. Faced with U.S. tariffs and aggregate jokes astir annexation from U.S. President Donald Trump, Mr. Carney has sought to diversify Canada’s strategical and economical partnerships, deepening ties with China, India, Australia and Europe.
